Lud's Church | |
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 Lud's Church in June 2016 | |
  Lud's Church Lud's Church within Staffordshire | |
| Coordinates: 53°11′16″N 2°1′14″W / 53.18778°N 2.02056°W | |
| Grid position | SJ987656 |
| Location | Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England |
| Topo map | OS Outdoor Leisure OL24 |
Lud's Church (sometimes written as Ludchurch) is a deep chasm penetrating the Millstone Grit bedrock created by a massive landslip on the hillside above Gradbach, Staffordshire, England. It is located in a wood known as Back Forest, in the Dark Peak, towards the southwest fringe of the Peak District National Park about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of the A53 between Leek and Buxton. Over 100 metres (328 ft) long and 18 metres (59 ft) deep, all but the upper third of the slope has slipped forward towards the River Dane.[1] It is mossy and overgrown, wet and cool even on the hottest of days.
- ^ "Leek Moors SSSI" (PDF) (SSSI Citation). Natural England. 10 October 1988. Retrieved 16 March 2022.